Bernadette Peters Quotes

The first Broadway show I ever heard was the recording of Carousel, and it was a very vivid experience.

In my career, there have been three things that were challenging: playing gay; playing a Jewish woman; and playing Chekhov. The scariest part was playing Chekhov!

No One Is Alone by Stephen Sondheim is all about thinking for yourself and being your own person.

Sondheim writes the music and lyrics, and because he's so smart and goes so deep with his feelings, there's a lot to explore, get involved with and learn about.

I lost a very dear friend who lived with AIDS for about 17 years. Rejecting early treatments that were iffy, he thought he saved himself. I really miss him a lot.

You've gotta be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?

You'd look out and there'd be little babies watching the show, and boys and girls. They loved the cowboys, and they loved Annie. There were young people seeing the show for the first time. I stayed for two years because I enjoyed it so much.

I know Mama Rose is a great role and I love having a chance to do it.

When I grew up in the '60s, your hair had to be straight and you had to be skinny and have no boobs, and it was like not my era.

I love pasta with the homemade marinara sauce I had as a kid.

It was one of the most exciting, perfect evenings of my life, my solo debut at Carnegie Hall. And knowing we were all there to raise money for Gay Men's Health Crisis made the evening an extraordinary experience.

I'd like to one day play Amanda, the mother, in The Glass Menagerie.

Animals speak with pure affection. It's important to me to get something going in NY so we can get to be a no-kill city, and give the animals homes and more attention and love.

Singing lessons are like body building for your larynx.

I feel strongly for gay marriage to be accepted.

Working on behalf of companion animals is so important. We start to realize how healing they are.

The first big lead that I had on Broadway was in a show called La Strada.

I think my manager of 30-some odd years now, Tom Hammond. He's as fine a person as you could ever meet. And he's had great theatrical taste and has influenced me that way.

We've been listening to Wagner, which is so great.

I don't smoke, I don't drink much, I don't eat red meat. I stay out of the sun.

Stephen Sondheim told me that Oscar Hammerstein believed everything that he wrote. So there's great truth in the songs, and that's what was so wonderful to find.

It was like being high when you reach those high notes.